curry roux

noun

Roux with curry powder.

OriginJapanese カレールー ← English curry ← French roux →
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Meanings

nouncurry roux (countable and uncountable, plural curry roux)
  1. JapancountableuncountableRoux with curry powder.

    If she was preparing a smaller amount of sauce she would make a curry roux, but this time she takes a shortcut.

    2016, “Iceland: Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir”, in Ken Albala, editor, At the Table: Food and Family around the World, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, →ISBN, page 119

Origin

  1. Frenchroux
  2. Englishcurry
  3. Japaneseカレールー
  4. Englishcurry roux

Calque of Japanese カレールー (karē rū), from English curry and French roux.

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